I will be posting book reviews that I've written. I mostly read Christian Fiction. I do read Historical Fiction as well. All books I read and review are clean.

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Out of the Storm (Beacons of Hope #.5) by Jody Hedlund

Title: Out of the Storm (Beacons of Hope #.5)

Author: Jody Hedlund

Pages: 141

Year: 2014

Genre: Historical Romance (1800s)

Publisher: Bethany House

About the book:

Having grown up
in a lighthouse, loneliness is all Isabelle Thornton has ever known – and all,
she assumes, she ever will know. But when her lightkeeper father rescues a
young man from the lake, her sheltered world is turned upside down.

Bestselling
author Jody Hedlund’s Out of the Storm is her first ever novella and introduces
readers to Beacons of Hope, a new series set in the 1800s amid the romance,
history and danger surrounding the Great Lakes lighthouses of Michigan.

My review:

This is a great historical
romance novella!

I loved the
characters in this short novella. Because of the length of the story there wasn’t
time to do a really deep development for any of them except for Isabelle. There
is just enough about her father and Henry so that they were very realistic and
their relationships to Isabelle were believable.

I thoroughly
enjoyed the setting of the lighthouse on the lake. I had never given much
thought to what a light keeper might have to face in the aftermath of a storm.
The beginning of this story made that reality come alive for me.

I am
definitely recommending the short and sweet story. I look forward to reading
the books in this series. This novella is getting a rating of 5 stars from me.

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I am in my late 50s. My husband Ted and I have been married for 38 years now. We met while we were both stationed at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Nebraska. My husband stayed in the service for almost 21 years and retired as a Master Sergeant. I was able to get out when I was pregnant with our first daughter so that I could stay home with her. We have 5 grown children. Our current count on grand children is 9.